Mission Statement

Operations for Bridge and Beyond will cease on Dec 31, 2021, last mailing date should be Dec 24th

GOAL FOR AFGHANS

Afghans
Goal: 30
Start: #24
Current: 26
0.8666%
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END

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

A Group Donation Helps Homeless

 28 Knitted Cotton Wash Cloths, in my personal favorite design, "Grandma's Favorite."  This pattern has been around a very long time and is always a big hit.  The corner to corner is fun, and Christina D, has jazzed things up a bit more by using fun color combinations.  Plus, I've not seen the red/green/ fall looking variegated cotton before.  LOVE it.  I've stacked those cotton wash cloths for this picture, so you might not be able to tell there are 28 in this donation!!  AND the brown/tan/gray........perfect for the men folk.  Thank you Christina for your long term support of Bridge and Beyond, and special thanks for remember the men with this donation.  Woot woot, look at our totals....72 over last years numbers!!
 This donation of yarn and a crocheted scarf is from our friend Nikki, with the toothbrushes being from her mother, Linda!  Nikki hand delivered her donation, her mothers donation, and her friend and our supporter, Christina's donation above.  Special Thanks for the special delivery Nikki.  Great yarn colors that will come in quite handy.  Initially, I'm thrilled to get the black.  Laid  aside a ghan I've been working on, as I needed........Black!  Perfect.  I'll get busy and get that ghan finished, hopefully soon.
This picture turned out a bit light, so the colors aren't quite right.  Plus, I see a couple of spots...note to self clean camera lens.  This lapghan Nikki crochet is a nice blue and burgundy.  Great colors for anyone, male or female!!

Many thanks Nikki for your donation, and your special delivery.  Both are very much appreciated.

DONATIONS 2017
HATS:  252
SCARVES (Gators, Infinity Scarves)   199-1=198
MITTENS: 36
SLIPPERS: 52
RAIN PONCHOS: 205
COTTON WASHCLOTHS: +44 +28=+72
AFGHANS: 32-1=31
SOCKS: 120 
Misc, Ponchos, shawls, headbands etc aren't counted but very much appreciated.

**We started the year with the number of items we had donated last year, 2016; and will subtract our donations from that.  Using the end number for 2016 as the goal for the each item.  So, as the year continues you will see numbers decrease.  Our goal is to meet and surpass the number of items donated last year.**

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Donating Crocheted Scarves Warms Homeless

Thank you Donna S for this wonderful donation of crocheted scarves.  I love that all of these colors are suitable for our men folk.  My favorite might be the brown fleck one.......though it's hard to pick a favorite.  These scarves help us decrease the number we still need to meet last years total.  Pretty exciting to see that number now drop below 200.  Can we get there by the end of the year?  I sure hope so, scarves sure help keep a person warmer.

Many thanks Donna, these scarves will be so well received by those in need.  Please keep up the good work!

Donna's obviously been very busy crocheting a dozen scarves, and now a dozen people will be warmer.

Thank you!!

DONATIONS 2017
HATS:  252
SCARVES (Gators, Infinity Scarves)  211-12= 199
MITTENS: 36
SLIPPERS: 52
RAIN PONCHOS: 205
COTTON WASHCLOTHS: +44
AFGHANS: 32
SOCKS: 120 
Misc, Ponchos, shawls, headbands etc aren't counted but very much appreciated.

**We started the year with the number of items we had donated last year, 2016; and will subtract our donations from that.  Using the end number for 2016 as the goal for the each item.  So, as the year continues you will see numbers decrease.  Our goal is to meet and surpass the number of items donated last year.**


All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Crocheted Cotton Wash Cloths Help Homeless

 WOW....take a look at these two pictures of cotton crocheted wash cloths!  Every imaginable size and color exists.  Some are squares, some are rectangles, some are big, some are small, some are solids, some are variegated, so are multiple colors!!!  Some colors are more suited to women, and some will work for men.  This donation of 72 crocheted cotton washcloths comes from Crochet in Love, in New Jersey.    This is the result of many pairs of helping hands in a church group who's motto is "We Serve The Lord by Service Others".
On the business card are 3 names listed: Donna, Sandra & Dee.  I don't know if these ladies are the organizers and others are involved, but that's, I believe, my understanding.  Delores M contacted me and indicated her community had been crocheting for over a year and liked to send their items out to help others.  We're thrilled you and your community of caring crocheters found us here at Bridge and Beyond.  Cotton Wash clothes are used in a variety of ways.  Our folks living out in the elements love them and use them both for dish cloths and body cloths.  The folks in the shelters the same.  Often these are put in welcome home packs when folks transition from shelter living to a more permanent housing situation.  

Thank you ladies from The First Pentecostal Church in Neptune, NJ.  We appreciate your hard work and dedication to helping others.

Please keep up the good work.  We hope to see you here again on Bridge and Beyond.

With this donation, please notice we have surpassed our donation total for washcloths from last year!  Isn't that wonderful news.  Does that mean you shouldn't make more cotton washcloths, no; they are always needed.  However it might mean, if you don't know what you want to make, you might steer towards hats, or scarves or mittens, or slippers; since we're still well behind last years totals on those items.

DONATIONS 2017
HATS:  252
SCARVES (Gators, Infinity Scarves)  211
MITTENS: 36
SLIPPERS: 52
RAIN PONCHOS: 205
COTTON WASHCLOTHS: 28-72= +44
AFGHANS: 32
SOCKS: 120 
Misc, Ponchos, shawls, headbands etc aren't counted but very much appreciated.

**We started the year with the number of items we had donated last year, 2016; and will subtract our donations from that.  Using the end number for 2016 as the goal for the each item.  So, as the year continues you will see numbers decrease.  Our goal is to meet and surpass the number of items donated last year.**

All donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated. The Power of One is awesome, and when we work together The Power of One becomes The Power of Many.

Where are You and Your Yarn From?

I'm trying to identify where everyone is from, partially for fun. Take a look at the map. Also, believe it will aid me in cases where we have several people with the same name. Please look at the lists of bloggers and non bloggers and see if I have the state you hail from. If not, please leave a comment and let me know.

Additionally, we've had help from Scotland, England, Germany Puerto Rico, Canada, and France! They don't appear on the map, but their help is still greatly appreciated.

Where The People Who Donate Come From, is your state represented?